Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-06-30
BALDERDASH.

On cnr local page will be noticed the
reply from the Republican County Gen.
trail Committee to the letter from the
Democratic Committee, courteously in
yiting the former to meet the latter for
the purpose of cons citation as to the best
means of insuring the consolidation of
the anti Mormon vote in this county at
the ensuing election. We designate it as
the ueply OF the Committee, as it is
signed by its Secretary, although we are
10th to believe that the members, as a
body, ever sanctioned, after read
ing it, such a conglomeration of
insuferable twaddle, Misrepresentation,
and contemplate subterfuge as they are
credited with in the very remarkable
creed to which we are alluding. The idea
that County Committee of a political
party was created solely to elect dele
gates to National con ventions! What set
of egregious asses the writer of the letter
must consider the Gentiles of Salt Lake
county to be, when he penned such
nonsensical paragraph How he must
have chuckled to himself when he i'm
agined that the loyal voters could be
gulled by such a fimsy pretext
What vast amount Of brain
power must have been exercised
70 conjure up so shallow an evasion,
as TO appear almost frank confession of
the sinister object in view. The letter is
a literary and political curiosity, and
should be carefully preserved among the
archives of the party as specimen brick
of Republican modesty, in adhering
strictly to the lines or its legitimate au-
thority. A political county committee
has about as much to do with the ma
chinery details Of selecting delegates to a
National Convention, as local race-horse
association or q social dancing club.
is the presence of the State or Territorial
Convention to call the convention, appor-
ton the representation of the different
counties and arrange all Of the details in
connection with the entire matter. If
that was all of the political business to
be transacted there would be no occasion
for county committees, and no one with
the brain of an oyster will believe that
convention composed of intelligent men
ever elected such committee, and re-
stricted its powers to something entirely
outside of its line of duty. No such
restriction was ever placed upon
the present committee, and we
defy the production OF single line or
syllable in the proceedings of the body
which created it, to indicate that such is
the fact. The Committee was invested
with the usual authority of such bodies,
which is to attend to the general interest
of the party in its county, holding itself
responsible to the people who created it
for its action. The truth, as it suits the
purpose of the Republican organ and a
few of its henchmen that there should be
no consolidation OF the loyal vote. unless
it is done under their direction and
with such men to be voted for as they
may choose, and whom they know can
not poll anything near the Gentle
strength in the county. They imagine
that their partisan design can be easier
effected through the Liberal, than the
Republican committee, and perhaps they
are correct to that extent. We state
upon tho authority of member of both
the Liberal and Republican committees
that there was a consultation between
some Of the members of each, and it was
agreed that the Democratic invita-
ton should be. accepted by the
former and declined by the latter
We leave it to some expert conundrum
solver to explain where the Republican
committee found its authority for con-
ferring with the Liberal representatives
when it could not, without exceeding its
powers, accept the invitation of the
Democratic committee! There is an
evident intention to ignore the
Democratic profer of united action,
based upon fair representation OF both
parties upon fusion ticket. 1t is the in
OShNlOHy pOoolOlSy W Ludk6 Tie DeulOC-
racy appear as obstructionists to such
consolidation as can only result favorably
to the loyal cause. This scheme will
most assuredly fail. The Democracy of
Salt Lake county, through its Committee,
has taken the lead in attempting 10
reconcile the different factions so as to
effect thorough combination on the day
of the election. The committee repre-
sents in this county the dominant party
OF this Nation. While it does it does
not propose TO be ignored or
made the tools of a few selfish
and designing politicians, it is ready
and anxious to unite upon equal terms
with its political opponents in the con-
test against the common enemy. If it is
thwarted in its patriotic purpose-the
facts will indicate most clearly where to
locate the blame for the loyal defeat on
the day of the election.
NOT SINCERE